The Sun. — London, England, 1810-08-17 00:00:00

• _coin of - Er , gtand \vas more than 25 per cent. below the st atttard value ; so t hat if that of Holland was at its full standard, the real exchange was in faci in fa vor:lr ofEnsland. It may happen in the same manner, that the t wn parts of the calculation may boboth oppo site and equal, the real' exchange in favour of the country_by trade being equal to' the- nominal ex change against it by the ' state of its currency ; iH that case the computed exchange will. be tat par, while the 'real exchange is in favour of that country. 'Again, the currencies of- both the countries which ItraAe toge,ther !nay have _undergone an alteration, an th tt ening . in an equal degree, or unequally i in such a case, the question of the rear state of the ex change between them becomes a little more com .plicated, but it is lo„be resolved exactly upon .the same principt:. .t'ithout going out of the bounds of the present inquiry, this may be well illus trated by the,present. state of the exchange of L-nidun I,Por,ittgal,, as quoted in the tables for the 18th of Mai last. The exchange ; of London on,Lis• bon appears to be 676; 67.)d. sterling for a mil ree is the old established par of exchange bt.tweett the two countries; 6n arcoidio g iy:i., still said to be the par. But by the evidence of Mr. Lyne, it appears, that, in Portugal, all i,ayments aretiow by law made one-half !n hard mrruey, and one-half iii Govern ment paper ; and that tltls paper is - depreciated at a discount of 27 per cent. Uponail•payments made in Pgtegal, therefore, there is a discount or loss of 136 leer cent. ; and the exchange at 676, though uornimilly at p . ir, is in truth i3l per cent. against this country. If the exchange were really at par, it would be quoted at ; 56 65-160. or apparently J 35 per cent. in favour of London, as compared with the old par, which was' . fixed before the deprecier lion of the Portugusse medium of payMent . . N'Vhe: her this :36 percent. which stands against this country by ;he present exchange, on Lisbon, is a .real•difference of exchange, occasioned by. the course of trade ,ind by the remittances to Portugal on ac count of Government, or a nominal and apparent exchange occasioned by something in the state.of of our own currency, or is partly real and partly nomirril, may perhaps be determined by what your Committee have yet to state. . [To be continued.] MAILS.. . ARR IV za—x Dublin, i Wale, ,ord. Dus—z Cadiz, I Lis. • bon, z Wateriord. t'NICF OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TweLv o'cLOCK. 6811 Omnium - - . rl Consols - - - 11.1 S''`lF.l%! QUI; nit:FRE VALSUM AUDEAT ? N 1) 0 IV, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1810. intellig‘-!nee wh eli the yesterday communi cated to o r Readers reipeeling BUONAPARTE'S re . taxation of his Conirnercial,Regulations, has reached town. The Proclamation or Decree, alloWing the importation of the enumerated articles, appeared in the Muniteur of the, Bth inst. It does not appear however, whether this is intended as a tempordry or a pernianent measure; but indeed it is almost absurd to talk of a permanent tmasure proceeding from so capricious and tyrannical a Government ay that of BUONAPARTE. The news of this total ' change in 1300N,APARTE'S commercial policy has produced a very Strong 'sensation among the Ale:s-. cantle World on this.side of the water, and most of the articles which are allowed to be imported into P . :mice have risen very considerably in price. We frost however, that our Merchants will adopt due caution in their commercial speculations, for they must be assured:that BUONAPARTE will not adhere to any engagement, however solemn, one moment after it is his interest to break it. No intelligence has been received from Lord WEL LINGTON'S Army of a later date than that which we have communicated to . our Readers. All the re ports therefore of his retreat towards Lisbon are en tirely fcrunded upon conjeanre. By a Letter from Plymouth, we learn that an armed transport :has arrived there fion) Gijon, which 'place she left on thd. 10th ; but she Lringa nothing new, and as Gijon is not at a greater distance from the ixisittons occupied by the allied armies t han about 306 miles, it may be inferred that this trans e ort would have brought intelligence of as late a (ite ai the sth or '6th, if any important event h id occurred. It is stated in'a Morning Paper,' that there is every reason to believe that an arrangement for the Ex change of Prisoners has been finally agreed upon. We should be happy if it were in our power w con firm this statement, but We feel it our duty to state distinctly, that the report is %%ithout foundation. Whether any arrangement will take place or not we cannot 'undertake to say ; but we know, th'at every thing has been done by our Governtnent, that Was consi,tent with the interests and honour of the Country, for the attainment of so desirable an obje&. His MAJESTY, under his sign manual, has gra ciously restored the Castle of Barguy, and the exten sive - demesne and other estates thereunto apper taining, the County of Wexford, to JAMES HAR VEY, Esq. brother to Mr. B. HARVEY, who forfeit ed them, with his life, t 9 the Crown, by his con duct during the late Irish Rebellion. NAVAL NEWS PLYMOUTH, AUG. 15,--Passed by this port for London, the s::hooner lilorning Star, Cap►. LEDGER, b'elonging to London, from Senegal, with a cargo Of gum, sailed- on the 10th July, and has brought dis patches.. His Majesty's brig HaWlt, of 16 guns, that sailed from hence last Sunday, was obliged to put back this morning, luting encountered 'a *heavy gale of wind, in which she lost her bowsprit and foretop gallant mast, and has receive other damage. . PORTSMOUTH, AUG 16.—Came in this day his Majesty's ship Vimeira, of 18 guns,' from the. Lee ,ward Islands. Arrived his Majesty's ships ronegal and Recovery from a cruize off Cherbourg!). DEAL, AUGUST 16. —Sailed his,,Majesty's ships Owen Glendower and Audacious, the former for Ply mouth and the latter for Portsmouth. • Arrived the Phcenix, TAYLOR, front Jarroica ; the letters brought by her have not reached Louden ; supposed the wind was too' high yesterday oti the Coast fora boat to land. Five .o' Clock.--Several coasters are getting under weigh ; the convoy and running ships : will not at tempt to get their anchors to-night tA itholjt the wind, gets more East, it i n s now strong from the N. W. The-Dock-yards of Antwerp and the Scheidt are abundantly supplied with every.species of ship tim ber from the interior of Germany, vast quantities of Which have been brought thither.at an immense ex pence by la,nd carriage. On Thursday evening last, at POrfsmouth, two French prisoners escaped from the-San Antonio, pri son ship; and the same ni4hi 20 prisoners on. hoard the Veteran had planned their eScai , e, but just to,tore the time for putting their plan into execution, on of them made the officers of the ship acqhmintetf with it,- which of course frustrated' their hopes of escape. One hundrwil kill igrams, the weight on. which the duty on imports is paid ii , France, according to the decree we published yesterday, is equal • to about t 0411 b. English averdupoiie. The duty, however, is so high, that on softie articles it arnounts.uearly to a prohibition. It appears that by this new decree s. d. . Di:ail cotton will pay a duty of 3 0 a pound. Other cotton . . . . , 2 5 Turkey coffee • • • 2 5 ' Other coffee . .' . . 1 8 Raw Sugar . . . . x 21 C lay elt . . . . . r 8 ilyson tea . . . . 3 7i Green . . . . . 2 5 , Other teas . . . . 0 71 Fine einnamcin 8 4 Nutmegs • • . • 8 4 Cochineal . . . . 8 4 Cocc•a . . . . . 4 2 . Cloves . . . • • • 2 5 Yesterday a General Court-Martial assernbled at Chelsea College, for the purpose of Investigating charges preferred against Lieutenant W. NNTl:;wts, of the 2d Regiment of Royal Tower Ha:nlets Militia, by Cotoo& Smrin, commanding the said Regiment of Militia, viz. Ist Charge , - For irregular and insubordinate condua on or about the 14th tune, io, on the public parade at Deptford, where the regiment was assembled, in demanding a Court.. IV _aria! in an insulting manner, taking oil his sword, and re fusing to resume it, though ordered so to do by MajOt For , stcen. . . zal Charge-For disobedience of. a written order Of the 14th tune, 'lBlO, from Colonel Smith, in refusing to take back his sword, and to return to his duty. 3d Charge—For appearing before the Colonel of his regi p-ent, on or about the 17thrlune, 1810, at the Tower, in his regimentals, without 'his sword; and tor refusing, in the pre ar of Major,,Cieneral Turner, and other Officers, to obey the express commands of Colonel Smith, that he should re turn to his quarters and resume his duty. 4th Charge For breaking. his arrest at Deptford, in Kent, on Saturday morning, the 23d tune, he tiviag' been seen by Quarter-Master Brast, of th? zd Regiment of 'lower ham lets Militia, about noon on that day, in Cornhill, London, in coloured clothes, arid by Serjeant Cresswell, in Cannon street, St. George's'in the East, a► a quarter before eleven o'clock on the evening of the same day ; all such condua being highly irregular and unofficer-like, and to the prejudice of good order and military'disciplitie. sth Charge.--For breaking his close arrest, and for having on the 13th 'illy violently resisted a party sent by Colonel Smith to bring him to head-quarters. • • • The Hon. Charles'Manners Sutton having read the above charges, then proceeded to swear in the Members, compos;ng the General CourtLMarti:ll, at which Colonel John Earner was PreSident. After which, the Court being sworn, evidences on behalf of the prosecution were then called. The first wit, nes examined was Major Forsteen, whose examina tion occupied the attention of. the 'Court nearly for the remainder of the day.. The Court adjourned till this day at ten o'clock. • Advices have been received from Rio Janeiro, and - by the smite opportunity dispatches of a very flatter ing nature have been transmitted to his Excellency Don DOMINGO DR SouzA, at this Court. We un d-Istand that the PRINCE REGENT has conferred up on him one of the highest titular distindions' in the gift of the House of Bro k anza, with' the Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword. He is also raised from the rank of Minister to that of Ambassador..— By a fbrmer treaty with this country, it was stipu kited that the Representatives of the.O.vn Sovereigni at their respedive capitals, should not be furnished Vvitli credentials in a higher chara&er than that of Minister. Under the present treaty this restriction has been. removed, the article respelling it, how.; ever, requiring that both, the yublic Agents should sustain the same dignity. It is therefore-to be pre sumed, that when the new 'Treaty was lately trans mitted to the Brazils, it was accompanied with the regular"anthority, investing Lord STRANGFORD.with the legatorial IllOaiOllS at the Court of Rio Janeiro. On the Continent these diplomatic gradations are .much more familiar than they are in this country.— VATEL (Liv. 4, ch. 6.) defines an Ambassador as one who represents. his Sovereign in his dignity, and a Foreign Minister as representing him only in his concerns. _ = THE DUE:Z.', CZ YORK'S. BIRTH DAY. OATLANDS; AVG. t s.—The prepthtions for the fete in honour of the natal day of his 11,,,yalSigh ne:s the Du,ke of YORK, have been conducted a style of peculiar grandeur. A great number of distingUished visitors have already arrived, to partake of the festive scene. The lawn on which the com pany are to dance, possesses every charm to render it ,agreeable. The Surrooniting trees are 'decorated by wreaths of variegated lamps ; brilliant lights are also to illumine the avenues to the house. 'At the top of the platform for dancing a bower is raised of beautiful flowers, interspersal; whb lamps of the finest colours. The fluor of the bover is earp'eted,_ and seats are placed for the Royal Family. At the. bottom of the platform a superb star is ereth , d, and at the head of, the bower a Crown, with the initial, D. Y. A variety of tasteful arrangements are making, in addition to those I iia've attempted to describe , but, unfortunately, the rain, which "de kends in torrents, casts a sombre shade over the whole.: THURSDAY, AUG. I 6.-This' i being the 'Anniver )iary of his Royal Highness's birth, the morn was ushered in by many a merry •peal :tom Weybiidge, Walton, and the neighbouring srl ages. It':has rained during the night, and the pelting element • yet descends. The humid slate 01' .the atmosphere has nut, however, damped the ardour, which a numbetof persons in all parts of the country have telt, to assemble at We) bridge and its environs, in orderio:hail the ti,y, and participate in- the hospi ,ality of their Royal Highnesses. The usual ,nutus her of sp atatots crowd' to the adjacent rendezvous, and no ning i but fine ‘veathtT is . wanting to atiOrd them the entertainment, they have been accustomed to receive. His iloal - Highness the PRINCE arrived last nigot between Wu and ele• en. Their MAJESTIES arid the ,PRINCBss'ES are exi:e;led phis dry, at hal' past uvo. Hi Ito ! al Highness the Dirke or CAMBRIDGE, Errls CAVAN Lion YARMOUTH, Lady ANNE CUL LEN SMITH, Col. BROWN, eol..TortaENs, and Air. GREEN , 4OOD, 1)a,•t• Tlie following is a statement ihe Gold anti Sil ver corned England during every Reign from the Restoration, to the 2511) of . March, 1810, extracted trorn authyht , c documents;-- By Charles 11. . - - £7, - 24. tc , s By fames 11. , - - - ' 2, 737, 6 37 By Anne ' - - • 2,691,626 • . By George I. - . - - 8,725,921 By George I I. Cold 12,662,2161, 5i1ver.304,3601. 11,966,576 The great recoinage of Gold, between 23d- Aug. 1713, and the end of 1777,aniounted to 20,447,0e21, From the commencement at the reign to At,g. t 773, • there were coined about to,-,00,0001. ; making --- By G.l.i I .before ? Gold 30,457.457 1.).: ? „ 64 931 c. 31, 1780. S Silver 7,126 S J" „ ''' ' From .78oto the Gold 33,3:0,832 e end of 1802. Silver - 5 6 ,473 S 33'3 6 713 0 5 66,277,48 9 IF ran 1802 'to 25 Gold - 22,445,253 • •Mareh, 1810. Total. Gold and Silver Coinage since the Resto ration_ - '•- - • 99,923,354 In the above statement it will be seen, that tlie,Bank Dol lars (amounting to many millions), duly stamped, and issued by authority, are not included. The last Silver Coinage was ilt t Se 2, Tun THEATRE.—The popular • Opera of The Haunted Tower introduced Mr: BEAIIAM, for the first tittle, last night, at the Lyceum, in - the part'of Lord William. Mr. BaAnAm's great professional excellence is so well known to the public, that no thing new can .besaid upon the subject. He gave, all the airs with admirable skill. He gave also a very pleasing air, composed by Sir JOHN STEVEN- . SON, of Dublin, a Musician of acknowledged science and taste, and introdUced another song, Irons the Opera of Dais, and in both acquitted himself too well to escape an encore. Edward and Adela were supported with great spirit by KNIGHT and Miss KELLY. The latter is rapidly improving in her profession, and is a spirited and natural actress.— Miss E. BOLTON, who is getting rid of her timidity, was simple and not uninteresting in Lady Elinor.— There was a numerous audience, and the Opera was very well received throughout. The New Budesque Tragic Opera of Bo mbaste; Fwioso, was repeated last night at the Haymarket Theatre, to a crowded audience; indeed the' at traction of this most entertaining little piece seems to increase every night. TAYLOE, as usual, 'sung the song to the tune.of " My lodgings are on the cold ground," .admirably, but the• etfeEt would be much greater if he gave the words more distinctly. The *alterations which are making in Covent Garden Theatre were planned by Mr . , SmtaKE, the Archie 'of the place, who _superintends them daily. It is supposed that they will be completed many days before the r&opt , r ,ng of the Theatre. Mr. littuNiTori, upon the , application id . 'Mr; HAYNES, proprietor of the Brighton Theatre, is prevented frOm performing dramatic pieces at the Brighton Circus, and is 'obliged tc confine hiMself to pantomimic representations only. It is said that a Mr.. Rolls was recently married, in Berkshire; to a Miss Butter. The Lady, no doubt, had for some time been his toast. On Saturday se'nnight, the silver arrow, given by the town of Musselburgh, was shot for upon the Links 'there, by the Royal Company of Archers, and gained by John Leven, Esq. This ancient arrow was lust gained by the Earl of .Haddington, but the re cords of the Burgh du not mention the year. The first year upon record is 160 t. • Since then it has been, with a tew exceptions, regularly contended for doWn to the present time, and was delivered over to Mr. Leven ; having appended to it 125 medals in silver, and five of gold. From the records it ap pears:that the number of Archers have greatly di n-tints-bed : the town; in 167 g, -in order to obtain a fuller attendance, agreed to present the successful competitor with a silver bowl in the form of a muscle-shell. On the present occasion, the com pany sat down to an elegant entertaiment, in the house of Mr.. Moir, and the day was spent with the utmost conviviality. The losses throughout the French army have been so great since. BUONAPARTE'S Imperial Accession, that by a late account, accurately taken, 'of the pre sent population of France, it appears that thefemales now exceed the males in numbq by more , thanfive millions ! • ...6raCilTbi'ir, Au G , 15. 'This . morning the Dukes of KENT, Cutasen^t.."-°s' and CAMBRIDGE, set off for Oatlands. The PLu' e , followed them at 5 o ' c l oc k thi s a f terno o n . The d re partures ths. morning were a l mos t numberlsss , re ennui, for the m oment , as may-be expelje j, tiomintes. The Theatre' last night had a genteel auw —c but the Royal Circus was crowded. The military struck their tents in this neig ht ' ° : , hood this morning, and were marched for their . . mer (pa, ters. The 51st, Six. have also left the A privateer made her ap;earance in the ° t v last'night, in chace of:, a merchant vei , el bu t appearance of one , or t , .c.0 of our gun-brigs , c () ;(: , pelted the enemy to stand cut to sea, and abat' the pursuit. A Jewish wedding took place here to-dl)' female attendant of one Of the Ladies of Alit= - S5111) 'giving her hand, after their a person of the name of MYERS, of the J 4 -" o f persuasion also. • .Mr. G GOLDSMiD, and Oth ers : l 4 op.ulem!e and distinction, Honoured the nuptials their presence, which t 4 ere celebrated a t a h°`, near the New Bank. A• ball will finish the d' c,,f sions of the day. There are 15 sii.l of the line 'ready f o r s•.-1: •.:,, Antwerp; but though our fleet an the Do'('' tion consists but of eight sail; the Frenchmen d o ' think it prudent to' come and ,:nee( them. •45 ale'ter frOmn Ca•liz we fem.'', that the L'i t ". • 3£ guns, Capt. 111Acii.1:41...E.y,• lid arrived (!,it %%rib G , nerals FIii9LISO'N acid C:)CKBT.I silt; 1)--Is since procceded ' l t the Nl:.!...imeir: The botub‘ve;s.-is yid mortar-t , oats had , .t:i..);e3' Fort Cata:mi.t, a hick / WM $OO l l °u g h not mud) damage was done' to fire- t consisted of et4ht• hill of tILt Royd Sovereign-is at Gibraltar, Irs s The forgery of the di v id en d warran t, wlmic'' hr e been brought home t o a Cl er k i n t h e C ons ols•—` at the Bank, %Vim has tied from j s ice, tit a 5 c°' ;l , mi,tr.:.cl in July,. 1 s(lg, and the dlsci:verytirade `~ respect -to him occurred in a most uneXp••de d „ w i i; , A very few days since sa me t orget i es 51, D' ll e . rd notes had .been'deteet e d in r the Pay Office, an dt „.e. traced to a man at Lamb et h, %1 h() was its yience taken ,into custody. This man, to sav i! oo . own neck,- propoed to the Directors, that 0 0 c J, dition of the prosecution -against -him being drol'l!` rt , he would make a discov er y o f cons id era ble ante, in which some persons in their own estabai' o „ meta were principally impli ca t e d . ' H is proP t , 1 1 .6 was accepted; and he "th en ac k now led g ed to himself was,_ the person employed by_the apply at the , Pay Office for. the payment, of yv • forged warrant ; the signatures- to which we' c i ja well counterfeited th at th e payment was ri without hesitation. • I-k next went, in pursl-10` ,eb his instru6tions, into the Bank Hall, and name of an eminent banking-house, Obtained s i a re notes for the two 10001. notes . which he 112 " , ve ,i ceived in payment ; and f o r thi s ag e nc y he rec.'''' t .ho a considerable . douceur. The smastiing . of large notes• facilitated all the advant ages o f a %: ) 4( 'fits the principal,, t'hobsh he was never, in the 11 1 1. distant degree, suspected, but remained in ploytnent until the apprehensi o n o f his agent. 0 r 4.0 4 other forgery ; but time • moment this man b o brought prisoner to,the B ink, the Clerk Eel, 303 , not been since discovered . . • Or en was It will be recollected that some ti me ago OP was tried and convicted of attar king Mr. BrY" t ''irri, aged Gt-ntletnan, in his r , arl6ur, and rc.)bblig' co ! , and that sentence of death was passed' on ti e , fo r pit. On Monday last' a p e titi on was preiPre",, c a the purpose of praying his Majesty teat may be commtred to transpottat.on. Some I' ers . i s accordingly called at Mr. Bryan's house, -to en` v a him to sign the petition, but they . were inw ra ,,, o s that he could neither read nor sign it, as h e then expiring,- in consequence of the had received, which terminated in a toortitic* i be of which he died almost-before the patties 0 ' house. • On Wednesday sennight a foot-race too l ' P at Annati, between James Anderson, aged (14. ' known by the natne. - of• Yorkskile - young man of the name of 'Joint Gass, 0-- ' T 40 - cited a great deal , of merriment ip that t, , v/ 11 . - 7; derson betted a wager of 11. 6s. that IF. w°°: f ..7re one mile on the turnpike road, tied in a sack, h%': 3o his adversary ran threelniks. The'Yorkshir e-1 ' won by halfa mile. On Wednestlay afternoon, seven o'clock, a P o x' 140' ed battle was•fought in 1 - I,:bcidashcrs . — d o tt •woutids.,:b ton, between a perter . at a . warehot:se, near I , ° ti- io - Wall, named Pinkitry, and Thotnas Back; a J' l 4 i v o neyman baker, in the same neighboUrbood, for guineas. • Jetnmy SieVens i formerly a noted I 151 0 ;y3 Was second to the 'former, and the other's w 35 of his own profession '; 'at setting to, the odJs in favour of the baker, he being the most po , ' and youngestAnan; the contest lasted thirty',, l l minntes hard fighting, in which were given 51 " - 0 , knock-down Wows, when the former gave °' tagonist so severe a b , cly hit as to br e ak.one ribs, and not being able to stand, Pinkney " V3 ' 3 0 ,1 dared victor. Both were very much 14 10 ', Iic if were conveyed to' their respe..-tie homes bY friends. ,g Last week a manufa&ory for counturie'.4t Bankers' Notes was discovered in Cork• copper-plates, a press and rollers,' Banker's Il i or and the stamp, were found i n the taut, men house, 01111 o , men taken into custody, w h o were a b o ut' to - mence their - op.*:rations when detected. c oat 'A dreadful account has been given in a 1 "'" ,I t o publication of the death of Captain WaiGir r i It landed PICHEGRU •and GEORGES hi would be impossible to give any credit to count it the atrocities . which have m irked the of the Corsican Usurper did not unhapp4 w3I ,LeJ a full belief in any enormities - that may be ialP , - to him. There never was such an opportunity afford ej e, adventurers in Lotteries, as by the present Scb e " ) o r Any Person may purchase a single Sixteen'h;, l o other Share as usual', or he may obtain Iron"' ° L)4. , i i five 'Tickets of the sante Numb er , by which bei l ," gain Five Prizes of :20,0o01. each ! This Have been done in any former Lottery. Th e :In corn blot QUI r fun of• r t i g (bat the Ukik, 1 bab cast of , aod of 1 0 ,,,„ ten ( hi s , be 111) - 11 t c ) - 4( cv i I tiled w ere 'ldtp -**